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Broadcast Digital Awards 2010 get focus on content
The Broadcast Digital Awards have been revamped for 2010 with an added emphasis on rewarding standout programmes and funding deals.
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NewsTiger’s Lee and Raw’s Farrar team up to launch indie Nerd
Former Tiger Aspect head of documentaries Jago Lee and Raw Television head of development John Farrar are setting up an indie - with a gameshow filmed in an underground city among its first projects.
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NewsC4 invites pitches to produce horse racing coverage
Channel 4 is putting more than 400 hours of horse-racing output up for grabs for the first time in more than 25 years.
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NewsFever Media sounds out buyers as Sony tie-up nears its end
Dancing On Wheels producer Fever Media is courting would-be buyers as the clock ticks on its joint venture agreement with Sony Music Entertainment UK.
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Ratings
ITV3 proves crime pays
Drama faces an arduous and expensive battle to get and keep a grip on network TV as viewers try out new stuff before, often, swiftly rejecting it: a sort of TV speed-dating.
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NewsGMTV shake-up hits 20% of staff
Almost one in five GMTV staff have taken voluntary redundancy or had their jobs placed at risk as part of the ongoing ITV integration review.
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NewsIWC's Kirstie and Phil reclocate to new indie startup
Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are breaking away from IWC Media to launch their own indie - taking two key members of staff with them.
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NewsC4’s canine coverage called into question
A fresh row is brewing over TV’s coverage of the Kennel Club after a dog welfare campaigner and the director of Pedigree Dogs Exposed accused Channel 4 of compromising its editorial integrity.
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NewsStar agency James Grant to enter formats and rights arena
The management company responsible for Ant and Dec, Fearne Cotton and Piers Morgan - James Grant Group - is to launch a newTV formats and rights division.
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NewsFellowes attacks TV's "cult of youth"
Veteran screenwriter Julian Fellowes has attacked TV commissioners’ obsession with reaching a “mythical” youth audience and their fear of portraying comfortable middle class life.
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RatingsJohn Lewis opens its doors to 3.1m
BBC2’s behind–the–scenes look at John Lewis pulled a huge opening crowd last night, with a peak of nearly 3.1m viewers.
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NewsHarry Hill sticks with ITV
Bafta winning comedian Harry Hill will stick with ITV1, after agreeing a two year deal with the broadcaster and indie Avalon.
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NewsBBC Vision multiplatform head quits
BBC Vision head of multiplatform products Lloyd Shepherd is to leave the BBC after nine months in the role.
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NewsSky hunts for 13-part dramas
Sky is on the look-out for 13-part returning drama series under plans to put a carve out greater territory in the genre.
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NewsSkins lines up third-generation cast
E4 has recommissioned Skins for a further two series – and is again auditioning for an entirely new cast.
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RatingsCorden in League of his Own for Sky1
James Corden-fronted sports panel show A League of their Own scored for Sky1 last night, but was not quite enough to eclipse Katie Price on ITV2.
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NewsAsian Network presenters slam "weak" cuts
BBC Asian Network presenters have slammed plans to axe the station as “weak” and “a devastatingly backward step” in in-house magazine Ariel.
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RatingsPosh School rules for 2.2m
Documentary Too Poor for Posh School earned an A+ crowd for C4 last night, but it was ITV1 stalwart The Bill which was top of the terrestrial class.
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NewsITV1 HD set for 2 April launch
ITV will launch its first HD channel on 2 April after agreeing carriage deals with Sky and Virgin Media.
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NewsPublish full accounts, select committee tells C4
Channel 4’s refusal to publish its digital channels’ accounts and its conflicting messages over its plans for older children are at odds with its ambitions to become a public service network, a cross-party parliamentary committee has claimed.